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Crochet redux: Strike me pink!

Leslie Stahlhut — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:28:30 +0000

Note to my readers: This post was first published on February 25, 2011, under the title “Strike me pink!” Such are the words Mary Poppins is purported to have said whenever she was pleased, and today, having at long last, finished my African flower hexagon Mamy bag, the words seem fitting. More than seven months [...]

Dot to dot

Leslie Stahlhut — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:58:07 +0000

This morning I woke up to sunshine and a lingering chill in the air from our recent touch of winter. But once the dog had been walked and breakfast eaten, I got out the small, partially completed purse I am making that was inspired by a Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme bag and which I will [...]

The zen of the orthodontist’s office

Leslie Stahlhut — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:11:06 +0000

My youngest son has today and tomorrow off from school, and as luck would have it, last night we got a small dusting of snow to give the day the festive note that only a snow day brings: Although all the snow had melted by lunch, the day still had the long and languorous feel [...]

Balanchine rarities

Leslie Stahlhut — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:22:26 +0000

My weekends tend to be crowded and, to my mind, over full of things to do; this weekend was no exception. The largest problem I have is finding a balance between what I want to do, and what I need to do. My house and the attendant chores of life seem unaware of any kind [...]

Fibonacci spirals

Leslie Stahlhut — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:10:08 +0000

Today I again focused my attention on figuring out how I would go about making a beach blanket to be given as a wedding gift. Using a 5.5mm hook and Red Heart Super Saver light coral I made a series of squares similar to the squares I made yesterday with the the Red Heart Super [...]

If Fibonacci crocheted

Leslie Stahlhut — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:59:03 +0000

Since I am committed to finishing more projects in 2012 than I start, and since I just finished my new über-poncho (which counts as having been an unfinished project because it was made of scraps that might other wise form a massive and difficult to use tangle of yarn), I found myself wondering “what next?” [...]

Poncho power

Leslie Stahlhut — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:38:50 +0000

One woman’s “fug” is another woman’s object d’art. Sometime in late December or early January, I got it in my head that I had to have a poncho. After much rumination, the project began to take shape in my consciousness. My intent was to reclaim yarn used in projects I would never finish and other [...]

Crochet redux: Unfinished business

Leslie Stahlhut — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:53:42 +0000

Note to my readers: This post was first published on Feburary 25, 2011 under the title “Unfinished business.” One thing about making a project is that sometimes the only way to learn is in the doing, and other times the only way to learn is in the undoing. Today I did plenty of both. This [...]

With love

Leslie Stahlhut — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:17:58 +0000

My intention for the new year (to finish more projects than I start), is finally starting to gain more traction. Yesterday I finished a scarf that was made from some yarn that had been in my yarn empire just waiting to turn into a tangle. Today, using my stash of Red Heart With Love I [...]

Monday the thirteenth

Leslie Stahlhut — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:44:06 +0000

This morning was just as the weather report had promised — moonlit and cold, but once the sun had risen on the new day, things warmed up considerably from the howling winds that had brought the arctic air here in the first place, and in short order, I found myself doing the household chores that [...]